invaiare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From in- + vaio (blackish) + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.vaˈja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧va‧ià‧re

Verb

invaiàre (first-person singular present invàio, first-person singular past historic invaiài, past participle invaiàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to blacken (to become black) (of grapes and olives) [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive, by extension) to reach the color proper of ripeness (of other fruits) [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive, rare) to blacken (to cause to become black)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • invaiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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